JavaScript Step by Step, 3rd Edition

Your hands-on guide to JavaScript fundamentals

Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of JavaScript. If you have previous programming experience but are new to JavaScript, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.

Discover how to:

• Work with JavaScript syntax, variables, and data types
• Master techniques for building cross-browser programs
• Speed up and simplify app development with jQuery
• Quickly retrieve data from a server using AJAX requests
• Adapt your app for mobile devices with jQuery Mobile
• Build Windows 8 apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Table of Contents

Part I: Javawhat? The where, why, and how of JavaScript
Chapter 1: JavaScript is more than you might think
Chapter 2: Developing in JavaScript
Chapter 3: JavaScript syntax and statements
Chapter 4: Working with variables and data types
Chapter 5: Using operators and expressions
Chapter 6: Controlling flow with conditionals and loops
Chapter 7: Working with functions
Chapter 8: Objects in JavaScript
Chapter 9: The Browser Object Model
Chapter 10: An introduction to JavaScript libraries and frameworks
Chapter 11: An introduction to jQuery

Part II: Integrating JavaScript into Design
Chapter 12: The Document Object Model
Chapter 13: JavaScript events and the browser
Chapter 14: Working with images in JavaScript
Chapter 15: Using JavaScript with web forms
Chapter 16: JavaScript and CSS
Chapter 17: jQuery effects and plug-ins
Chapter 18: Mobile development with jQuery Mobile
Chapter 19: Getting data into JavaScript

Part III: AJAX and Server-Side Integration
Chapter 20: Using AJAX
Chapter 21: Developing for Windows 8

Part IV: JavaScript and Windows 8
Chapter 22: Using Visual Studio for Windows 8 development
Chapter 23: Creating a Windows app

Appendix A: Answer key to exercises
Appendix B: Writing JavaScript with other tools